The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-18
ST. AUGUSTINE NEWS BUDGET.

ST. AUGUSTINE NEWS BUDGET.
The Doctors Convention-The NIiIitar,
| Eneampment-Grand Regatta-Minor
| Matters.
| Correspondence ofthe Paldtkd Ne,ns
ST. AUGUSTINE, May 10.
The committee To arrange for the re-
ception and entertainment of the Florida
State Medical Association, which holds
ITS annual meeting in this city com
mencing tomorrow and continuing two
days. desires the statement made public
that the st. Augustine and Palatka
Railway has granted half rates TO dele
gates Thisroad was omitted in the no.
tice sent out by the chairman of the
committee through inadvertency. The
sessions OF the convention will he held In
the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms, Lyons Block,
and will be called to order at I2 m. by
the president, DIR. Porter, OF Key West.
There will be noon, afternoon and
evening session tomorrow, and a long
morning session on Wednesday. after
which the St. Johns County Medical So
| ciety will dine the Associgtion at the
Ocean View Hotel. Interesting papers
have been prepared and will he presented
by various members of the Association,
and some of them, an your correspond
ent learns, having special local reference
you may hear from them during the
session.
THE STATE ENCAMPMENT.
Mr.. A. w. Cockrell, Jr., of the commit
tee to select a location for the annual en-
campment of the State military, accom-
panied by Messrs. Dawkins and Cowan,
spent yesterday i'm st. Augustine, and
was more than favorably impressed with
the superior inducements our city offers
for the encampment to come here. The
three gentlemen here yesterday are en-
Enthusiastically i'm favor of st. Angus
tine, and your correspondent thinks he
can safely state that the encampment
will be in this city in July-the exact
date has not been settled. Your corres-
pondent learns that Maj. w. b. Young
is heartily in favor of a two weeks en-
campment, and If il is decided that IL
shall continue two weeks, il is quite sure
the first and second weeks in July will
be selected; IL but one week, then the
second week i'm July will probably be
chosen as the GLORIOUS Fourth" when
everybody desires to be at home, oc-
ours on Monday of the first week. Your
correspondent repeats what he has here
tofore said, the citizens of st. Augustine
are anxious for the encampment TO be
held here and will do everything i'm
their power to make the occasion pleas
ant and agreeable to the soldiers. Again,
neither of the other places mentioned in
connection with the encampment can
offer SO many and varied Inducements
and attractions as can st. Augustine.
OF course, the q. G. q. will vote for the
"old city by the sea-" A committee OF
citizens are canvassing the city to-day 10
secure funds to assist i'm defraying the
expenses Of the encampment, and they
are meeting with decided encourage
ment.
REGATTA AND BALL.
The grandest affair that will occur in
the Ancient City during the summer
will undoubtedly be the regatta ON the
18th, 14th and 18th Of July, and conclud-
ing with grand ball at one Of our large
hotels. Mr.. II. C. Perham, OF Cocoa, ON
Indian River, has been in the city several
days, interesting our citizens In the mat
ter. Developments are not such that
your correspondent can anticipate or
forecast probable programme. He can
only state that the regatta will be held
on the above dates and during the mill
tary encampment.
WHAT THE WILD WAVES ARE SAYING.
Mr.. David L. Durham, who has Just
been re-confirmed as Tax Collector OF st.
Johns County, is "A most careful and
painstaking official. The people of the
county are proud OF him as their revenue
collector.
II the body of the Legislature is COM
posed of such material as the committee
of visitation to the Deaf and Dumb In
stitute, it is verify a quiet one. Rela-
tive to the visit, the committee can be
favorably compared TO the wind, Of
which it is said, you cannot tell from
whence it comes or whittier IL goes
The prospects are that st. Augustine
will enjoy the livest, busiest and most at
tractive summer this year she has ever
experienced. Thousands Of people from
the interior will come and view her an
tiquity. 1t is highly important that the
railroads inaugurate system OF cheap
excursions to and from the city at once;
the summer hotels here will also find II
profitable to make low rates for the en-
tertainment OF excursionists.
Very few visitors to st. Augustine fail
to make trip to the lighthouse and
South Beach. Ii is an attractive place to
visit.
st. Augnstinians have been 80 much oc-
cupied with the QUESTION Of fire protec-
tion the past two weeks, they actually
forgot the proposed invitation 70 the
Georgia Press Association TO visit their
city at the close Of the annual convention
at Valdosta. Some OF them came any
way, on last Saturday. $50.